Label holder



Patented June 28, 1932 PATENT OFFICE ROLAND W. LE BEAUMONIOF SYRACU SE, NEW YORK LABEL HOLDERl application mea october is, 1929. serial No. 400,561.

This invention relates to improvements in label holders to' be used in connection with shelves, storage bins and the like, where arti'- cles of merchandise are to be kept in storage 5 or on display. v

The main objects of the invention are to provide an improved label or card holder; to

provide a holder which is inexpensive, one which will permit the label to be quickly and easily placed therein and to be removed therefrom; to firmly hold the label against the accidental displacement thereof; to permit the positioning of the label at any desired location along the holder and to be an ornament to the shelving or bin or any other receptacle used for containing mechandise, to which the label holder is attached.

In carrying out the above objects, I have provided a label holder which may be constructed of wood or metal, formed orshaped into molding of any desired design and which may be cut into desired lengths and secured to the outeredge ofshelvesorother suitable receptacles for containing goods which may be used in s tores, warehouses, libraries and the like. Said molding being provided with a pair of opposed parallel sunkllets or grooves extending lengthwise thereoffor re= ceiving the ends of the cards or labels used 'to 3o objects being stored.

Other objects relate to the form and relation of the parts thereof, all of which will more fully appear-from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 1s a perspective view of a portion of a shelving construction having the proosed label holder secured to the longitudinal 40. ont edge of the shelves.

Figure 2 is an enlarged face view'of a portion of the label holder showing one of the labels in place.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional a@ view taken on line 3-3, Figure 2.

designate the price, nature or character of the Figure 4 is a face view of alabel or card which is particularly adapted to be used with this label holder. y

As illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings, the label holder consists of a strip u of molding -1 composed of wood although the molding may be constructed from metal or from any other suitable material. The molding 1-'- may be of any desired design for ornamenting the front edge of the shelves as 2-, to which said molding is secured.

The shelves may be supported in any suitable manner and the molding is secured to the front longitudinal edges of the shelves by any suitable means as by screws -3-. The molding extends longitudinally across the front face of the shelf and preferably with the upper edge of the molding in the plane of the top surface of the shelf 2, thereby providing a smooth flat surface across the` top of the molding and shelf so that the molding will not interfere with the placing of the goods on the shelves or the removal of said goods therefrom, as clearly illustrated in Figure 3. 7

The molding -1 is provided with a pair of opposed parallel sunk llets or grooves 1- cut or molded in the front vertical surface thereof and extending lengthwise throughout the length of the'molding. Thei 75 grooves may, as illustrated, be positioned near the upper and lower edges of the molding -l-- and have their outer side walls -5-7 undercut for receiving the respective sides o f a card or label as 6- and securely maintaining said label in its placed position.

The card or label -6- may be of any desired length depending upon the amount of information it is required to be placed 95 thereon and they are of slightly greater width than the distance between the outer edges -5- of the grooves -4- so that when the label is in place, the central portion of the label will be slightly bowed outwardly and, l0

therefore, exert a certain amount of ,end thrust to maintain the edges of the label against the undercut walls of the grooves serted by rst placing one serrated edge against the undercut wall of one of the grooves and then by pressing the opposite side inwardly, the label may be bowed outwardly at the central portion thereof until the side can be inserted in the other groove, whereupon the serrated edges of the label will engage the respective undercut side wall and the label is thereby securely held in place. In order to remove the label, it is only neces- Y sary to grip opposite ends of the label at the slightly bowed center thereof between the thumb and second ingerand by pressing with the first finger against the upper edge of the label, the label 'may then be readily withdrawn from the grooves.

It is evident from the foregoing description that the label holder 'may be provided at comparatively little additional expense as the ooves -4- may be provided in any mol 'ng which it may be desired to use for finishing the front edges of the shelves or other means for supporting the articles of merchandise.

The cards or labels may also be constructed of various sizes and shapes and, therefore,

Y I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction shown, as various changes may readil be made without departing from the spirit og the invention, as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A label holder of the class described, comprising, in ,combination a body member having a pair lof opposed parallel grooves sunk at substantially right angles to the face of said body member and extending longitudially thereof, said grooves having their louterI walls undercut and a resilient label member having opposite sides thereof ser-v rated and adaptedto engage the undercut Y walls of the grooves for removably confining the label t erebetween.

2. A label holder of the class described comprising in combination a body member havmg a pair of opposed parallel grooves sunk at substantially right angles to the face of said member, the outer walls of said Y grooves extending inwardly from the surace of the holder to thebottoms of the 

